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IronyOwl.

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Tiruin.

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Cthulhu.

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Total Members Voted: 7

[Nirur Torir]

The world needs an Archmage. Eight competitors are willing to die for the chance to claim this prestigious title.

This will be a fairly short RTD. Eight people will join, each with a different magic type. Players may prepare however they wish for eight turns, and will be brought together by the god of arenas on turn nine. The doubtlessly humble wizards shall then have a polite discussion to determine who should rule the world as the Archmage. Obviously these well-educated people of immense power won't be tempted to settle their differences through barbaric means.

Most rolls will be D6.

Spoiler: Magic and Levels (click to show/hide)

Each player starts at level 2 in their chosen field.

Level 1: Apprentices may cast weak cantrips, such as lighting a candle.
Level 2: Magi may cast standard spells, such as fireball. Squads of magi are useful in battle.
Level 3: Wizards may cast powerful spells, such as explode. A few wizards can easily control a battle if unopposed.
Level 4: Sorcerers wield devastating spells, such as incinerating most of a town. Sorcerers live easy lives unless they choose otherwise.
Level 5: Masters are just that. Few would dare to oppose one.
Level 6: Demi-gods have incomprehensible power.
Level 7: GrandMasters change the very essence of reality as effortlessly as nobles weave poetry.

For each level n, n XP is required to level up.
Level 0: 0/1
Level 1: 1/3
Level 2: 3/6
Level 3: 6/10
Level 4: 10/15
Level 5: 15/21
Level 6: 21/28
Level 7: 28/36

Before turn 9, rolling a {4} or {6} earns 1 XP, while a {5} earns 2. Once the battle begins, only a {5} will earn XP, and only 1. Only the base roll is considered for XP gain, never bonuses or penalties.

Cheating Reality with certain magic schools to learn faster is possible (time loops), but has a much higher chance of Catastrophic Failure. Effective plans will reduce the chance of Catastrophic Failure, but Reality has little patience for those who treat it as a toy, and it is never considered "safe." (A D8 will be used instead of a D6. Catastrophic Failure chances depend on the circumstances.)

Players are free to learn as many schools of magic as they wish.

Players may cast at a lower level for non-combat purposes, and gain a +1 bonus for each level over they are. At +1 from this there's a partial critical success guard. At +2 there's a complete critical success guard.

If a player learns a specific non-combat spell, they gain a +1 for casting it. These spells might give bonuses for combat, but won't be directly usable for fighting.

Spoiler: Combat (click to show/hide)

The attacker compares the level of the magic school of his choice to the defender's highest level magic school capable of blocking (Most types are capable of blocking most other types, even Divination. Note that I do not know how to attack with Divination). The difference is added to the attacker's hit roll. Two D6 rolls are compared; on a tie the damage is halved, rounded down. The damage done is 1d6. No defending roll is given for damage resistance.

Players each start with 8 HP.

Spoiler: Other (click to show/hide)

Players may each bring one item into the arena (Clothing will be provided). The god of arenas will perform a cursory check to determine whether it's a container with easily removed extra items. Bringing a normal backpacks with an assortment of objects isn't a good idea. A well-secured Bag of Holding, or hyperspace pocket, is. A loaded gun would be considered one item.

I'll be lenient on what exactly constitutes a school of magic. Time Magic? Space Magic? Swordsman Magic? Shonen-style Martial Arts Magic?

Spoiler: Sign-up sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Same as forum name
Race: Can be anything, and probably makes no difference. Mindflayer? Elder vampire? Housecat?
Magic type: Can be anything not already chosen by someone else, and not similar to someone else's magic (If someone's an elementalist, no fire mages will be allowed).

There will be no waiting list.

[IronyOwl]

Ooh, and I know exactly what I'll-

Shonen-style Martial Arts Magic?

DAMN IT NOW I HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS.

[IronyOwl]

Name: Thyss'Nazrirakar Obdiminileriftilas IronyOwl
Race: Stitched One (well-matched, normally proportioned Frankenstein monster)
Magic type: Golemancy. The art of infusing inanimate things with animating forces.

[Dwarmin]

-nope-

[TCM]

Name: Golden Harvest
Race: Pony
Magic Type: Biomorphism- Ability to control and give sentience to objects.

[Nirur Torir]

Clarification: Nobody starts out with any special items. If you want any, find them.

[Tersr]

Name: Tersr
Race: Kobold
Magic: Chronomancy: Master Adept at controling time

[mcclay]

Name: Mcclay
Race: Jägermonster
Magic type: Fear Mage

[Dwarmin]

Ugh. Two Kobolds is too much Tersr.

On second thought, I must withdraw my application...

[Scelly9]

Name: Scelly9
Race: Porkbeast
Magic type: Pyromancy

[Tiruin]

Name: Tiruin
Race: Sylvan Elf
Magic type: Aeromancy (Air)

[kingfisher1112]

Name: Urist McHoneydew
Race: Dwarf
Magic: Blockomancy

[empfan]

Name: Weiss
Race: Human
Magic: Necromancy

[Tiruin]

The Name is your username/Forum name by the way.

[Nirur Torir]

That's eight, we're starting.

Those who failed their spot check and tried to change names (TCM, kingfisher1112, and empfan) start in the human trading town of Smithinington, each in a different tavern. Everyone else may choose a starting position: A town, in a wizard's tower as a recently-graduated apprentice, a small magical university, or perhaps somewhere else. Everyone starts with basic clothing (mcclay may choose concealing robes instead, if he wishes) and a small undefined amount of gold (easily enough to either live on for about four months, or probably buy a lower-middle-end enchanted item).